In 1998 when Meri was fifteen, she mixed with the in crowd, going to the Killing Cave on the weekends for the parties that were always the in thing. Some of the boys though, were cruel and sadistic, thinking themselves gods-gift. Now Meri's own daughter was fifteen and Meri was paranoid about her safety, and that of Siena's twin Taj. Little did Meri know, Siena was going to the same cave where her mother had gone twenty years prior...
When Siena and her good friend Kyle were out in the forest after the recent storms, searching for the entrance to the elusive Killing Cave, she discovered a human skull. While she and Kyle waited for the police, Siena took a video of the site and loaded it online. It wasn't long before trouble hit the small town of Kinton Bay. The disappearance of three young men from the town - did the skull belong to any of them? Or was it from a long ago massacre of Aboriginal people that Aunty Bim was trying to get the local police to listen about?
Family secrets, disappearing teenagers, searches for the truth - all feature in The Liars by Aussie author Petronella McGovern. The men who thought they could do no wrong, the corruption and lies - the local policeman, DCI Doug Poole, had his job cut out. He was a great character, determined to do better than the corrupt cops he'd outed in the past. Meri was a strong, passionate about her cause, character, as was her daughter Siena. I've enjoyed Ms McGovern's past releases and this one is another exceptional crime thriller novel. Highly recommended.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
When Siena and her good friend Kyle were out in the forest after the recent storms, searching for the entrance to the elusive Killing Cave, she discovered a human skull. While she and Kyle waited for the police, Siena took a video of the site and loaded it online. It wasn't long before trouble hit the small town of Kinton Bay. The disappearance of three young men from the town - did the skull belong to any of them? Or was it from a long ago massacre of Aboriginal people that Aunty Bim was trying to get the local police to listen about?
Family secrets, disappearing teenagers, searches for the truth - all feature in The Liars by Aussie author Petronella McGovern. The men who thought they could do no wrong, the corruption and lies - the local policeman, DCI Doug Poole, had his job cut out. He was a great character, determined to do better than the corrupt cops he'd outed in the past. Meri was a strong, passionate about her cause, character, as was her daughter Siena. I've enjoyed Ms McGovern's past releases and this one is another exceptional crime thriller novel. Highly recommended.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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